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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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Good cause: Pam Tregonning will be running in this year's Round the Bays event to raise money for a new playground in the emergency department at Kidz First Children's Hospital.
Photo: PIP BOURKE
By PIP BOURKE
Running
for kids'
hospital
Go to www.papakura
courier.co.nz to see highlights
of last year's run
SHE spends her days running a
charity and her weekends running
for charity.
South Auckland Health Foun-
dation executive director Pam
Tregonning is one committed
woman.
She s now training for next
month s Ports of Auckland Round
the Bays fun run.
It will be the sixth time Mrs
Tregonning has taken part but this
year s event holds a special signifi-
cance because some of the funds
raised will go towards her work-
place, Kidz First Children s Hos-
pital.
More than $20,000 is needed for a
new outdoor children s playground
in the hospital s emergency depart-
ment.
The playground will be for
siblings of patients who don t really
have an area to play in, she says.
There is an indoor play area but
a place to get outside in the fresh air
while supervised would be ideal.
The foundation needs to raise
$40,000 for the project.
About 400 of Mrs Tregonning s
colleagues and their families took
part in Round the Bays last year.
She hopes this year s event will
attract an even bigger crowd.
Mrs Tregonning first took to the
streets 10 years ago, around the
same time she became involved
with the foundation.
It was a way to clear my head
after a busy day s work, she says.
She s never been a sporty person
but running was something she
could enjoy at her own pace.
When I first told my family they
laughed.
But you don t need lots of equip-
ment and you can take part any-
where you go, she says. All you
need is a pair of running shoes.
Mrs Tregonning will join an
expected 70,000 people in the 8.4km
Round the Bays.
The event starts in Quay St and
follows the waterfront along
Tamaki Drive to St Heliers.
Around 42,000 people registered
last year and raised $100,000 for
charity.
This year s event is expected to be
the biggest yet.
Other charities benefiting from
the day include the Child Cancer
Foundation, the Make a Wish Foun-
dation and the Garden to Table
Trust.
The run is partly sponsored by
Fairfax Media and its subsidiary,
Suburban Newspapers -- publisher
of the Papakura Courier.
Six-week training guides are
available from the Round the Bays
website at www.roundthebays.
co.nz.
Runners can also read about
Suburban Newspapers reporter
Lisa Honeybone s efforts to
prepare for the event in her
online blog at www.papakura
courier. co.nz.
Entry costs $10 for children 16
and under and $15 for adults, and
can be done online.
This year s event starts at 9.30am
on March 18.